Mastercard (MA) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2026)

Mastercard (MA) reported Return on Invested Capital of 0.02% for Q1 2026, little changed on a YoY basis from 0.02% in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 0.02% in Q4 2025.

Mastercard (MA) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Mastercard has reported Return on Invested Capital for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.02% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.02%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.02% (changed 0.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.02%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 stood at 0.02%, roughly flat from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Invested Capital was 0.02% in Q1 2025, with the low at 0.01% in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.02% across 5 years, with a median of 0.02% in 2023.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Invested Capital changed 0 bps — and 2025, when it gained 1 bps.
  • Mastercard's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.01% in 2022, then slipped by 3 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then gained by 18 bps to 0.02% in 2024, then climbed by 9 bps to 0.02% in 2025, then climbed by 0 bps to 0.02% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Invested Capital figures came in at 0.02% (Q1 2026), 0.02% (Q4 2025), and 0.02% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Visa 541.66 Bn 529.25 Bn - 0.00%
2 Mastercard 437.55 Bn 427.34 Bn - 0.02%
3 American Express 212.80 Bn 158.76 Bn 17.43 Bn 0.00%
4 Capital One Financial 112.47 Bn 35.97 Bn - 0.00%
5 PayPal Holdings 37.70 Bn 28.36 Bn 7.84 Bn 0.00%
6 Synchrony Financial 24.26 Bn 3.70 Bn - 0.00%
7 Affirm Holdings 21.24 Bn 19.51 Bn 261.64 Mn 0.00%
8 SoFi Technologies 20.46 Bn 17.06 Bn 929.25 Mn 0.00%
9 Ally Financial 13.30 Bn 12.86 Bn 1.98 Bn 0.00%
10 Credit Acceptance 6.24 Bn 6.21 Bn 562.70 Mn 0.00%

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 0.02%
Dec 31, 2025 0.02%
Sep 30, 2025 0.02%
Jun 30, 2025 0.02%
Mar 31, 2025 0.02%
Dec 31, 2024 0.02%
Sep 30, 2024 0.02%
Jun 30, 2024 0.01%
Mar 31, 2024 0.01%
Dec 31, 2023 0.01%
Sep 30, 2023 0.02%
Jun 30, 2023 0.02%
Mar 31, 2023 0.02%
Dec 31, 2022 0.01%
Sep 30, 2022 0.01%
Jun 30, 2022 0.01%
Mar 31, 2022 0.01%
Dec 31, 2021 0.01%
Sep 30, 2021 0.01%
Jun 30, 2021 0.01%